CLARKSVILLE — Michael Mee, 35, of Lamar was pronounced dead by Johnson County Coroner Dave Cogan at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday as the result of an accidental drowning at a pond north of Lamar.

According to a release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, authorities received a call at approximately 3:36 p.m. from family members who stated they found Mee in a pond where he had been trimming weeds around the pond bank.

Family members pulled him to the edge of the pond and performed CPR until RFD 7 first responders arrived. Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas State Police and the Johnson County Coroner’s Office personnel responded to the scene.

It appeared as if Mee slipped on the pond bank and struck his head on a stump near the edge of the water. Mee’s body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine cause of death.